Beware of James T. Kirk dancing

Greetings.

Jewish date:  20 Siwan 5769.

Today’s holiday:  Friday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time.

Today’s quasi-holidays:  Crowded Nest Awareness Day, Magic Day, World Day Against Child Labour.

Worthy causes of the day:  “Protect Our Children - Every One Deserves Healthcare” and “Sign the Strengthen It Now! Clean Energy Letter”.

Relevant to Divine Misconceptions:

1. “Egypt: Policemen Sentenced To Only Five Years For Killing”:  Translation:  the law in Egypt considers the lives of Copts to be worth very little.
   
2. “Court Says Ten Commandments Monument Endorses Religion”:  Duh!
   
3. More religious intolerance:  “Ahmadiyah refugees kept in misery, seek Jakarta help”, “Orissa: tensions in Kandhamal. Christians still targeted by extremists”.
   
4. “Tribes lose Snowbowl battle”:  Thus is it written:
   
   

   Would artificial snow made from purified wastewater defile a mountain Native Americans hold sacred?

   All those who cannot see how “yes” would be a reasonable answer, stand on your heads.  The idea of skiing on sacred mountains is itself hard enough to imagine.
   

Today’s news and commentary:

• “King Hussein's Legacy (1999)”
  
• “Boomerang”
  
• “Being Green: 11 Environmentally Friendly Habits”
  
• “Wild Orbits: Stars Not From Around Here”
  
• “Fire fighters battle snakes in police station”:  I cannot make anything like this up.
  
• “Deceased Albanians still eligible to vote”:  I would not dare make something like this up.
  

Today’s weird thing is The James T. Kirk Macarena Page, which is recommended(?) by William Shatner in his book Get a Life.  They even quote him on it.  Enjoy (or be horrified), share the weirdness, and Shabbath shalom.

Aaron